Steve Madden Ltd., Wolverine World Wide Inc., and Columbia Sportswear are among the footwear and apparel companies insiders say may be impacted by draft restrictions for vessels utilizing the Panama Canal....

Macy’s, Inc. has formed a free-standing joint venture with Hong Kong-based Fung Retailing Limited that will begin selling in China in late 2015 through an e-commerce presence on Alibaba Group’s Tmall Global....

Bebe Stores, Inc. is launching a new “athleisure” footwear line at Macy's designed with exclusive licensing partner ZiGi New York, LLC. The footwear line will debut under the "bebe Sport" label in Macy's stores nationwide and will also be available at www.macys.com beginning in August....

Aldo Product Services, a division of Montreal-based Aldo Group, has signed on to create a new men’s and women’s shoe and handbag collection for Target. The brand, called A+, is inspired by the core Aldo merchandise and will launch this month in all Target doors...

Global Brands Group Holding Limited, which owns long-term rights to the Sypder snow sports brand, reported sales declined 5 percent to $1.28 billion for the six months ended June 30 largely due to pruning of under performing brands and continued weakness in Europe related...

Skechers USA Inc. is transitioning to a direct distribution model in Latin America from a third-party distributor. Its new wholly-owned subsidiary, Skechers Latin America LLC will oversee more than 30 countries in the region, including the four key markets of Panama, Peru, Colombia and Costa...